Political Science PhD Placements
Our program’s size allows for extensive interaction between graduate students and faculty and our graduate students frequently co-author conference papers and articles with the faculty.
Our size also has allowed us to develop and maintain a strong alumni network, which allows us to consistently place our graduates. Recent graduates of our PhD program currently teach at institutions including; Vanderbilt University, University of Georgia, Kansas State, University of California (Irvine), LSU, University of Mississippi, Old Dominion University, University at Buffalo (SUNY), University of Maryland and the University of North Texas.
- 2023
Senior Operations Research Analyst at WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)
Assistant Professor, Computational Political Science at Strathclyde University
Lecturer, Xi’an Jiatong-Liverpool University
Researcher/Statistician, US Census
Assistant Professor, Walsh College
Postdoctoral Scholar position, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington
Data Analyst at the North Carolina Justice Center, Health Advocacy Program
- 2022
Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Gender and the Security Sector Lab, Cornell University
Lecturer at McGill University
- 2021
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Gender and the Security Sector Lab, Cornell University
- 2020
Shawn Donahue, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Syed Rashid Munir, Assistant Professor, Forman Christian College University (Lahore, Pakistan)
Alena Gericke, Strategy Data Analyst, Corning Incorporated
Katherine Felt, Associate Director of IT Systems, University at Buffalo
Eric Walsh, Assistant Director of Assessment and Research, University at Buffalo
- 2019
Evgeny Sedashov, Assistant Professor, NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
Kyle Mackey, Visiting Instructor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Brendan Skip Mark, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island
- 2018
Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island
Visiting Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo (SUNY), (AP)
Lead Programmer/Analyst, Office of Admissions, Enrollment Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Assistant Director of Assessments & Evaluations, SUNY at Buffalo (SUNY)
Instructor, Political Science, Central Piedmont Community College
Strategy Data Analyst, Corning Inc.
- 2017
Mert Moral, Assistant Professor, Sabancı University
Giovanni Scaringi, Assistant Professor, SUNY Broome
Ihsan Efe Tokdemir, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
Associate Director of Graduate Enrollment, Binghamton University
Senior Project Coordinator, Private Contractor for NASA’s Office of Education
- 2016
Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga, Max Weber Postdoc Fellow, European University Instit.
Graig Klein, Assistant Professor, New Jersey City University
Carlos Moreno Leon, Assistant Professor, ICESI University
Halil Ege Ozen, Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island
Zhiyuan Wang, Visiting Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College
Tenured Assistant Professor, Leiden University College
- 2015
Scott Boddery, Visiting Assistant Professor, Davidson College
Young Soo Yu, Research Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University
- 2014
Diana Branduse, Lecturer, Leiden University, The Hague
Raymond Carman, Jr., Assistant Professor, SUNY Plattsburgh
Steve Chapman, Assistant Professor, Monmouth University
Ben Farrer, Visiting Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Assistant Professor, Knox College effective Fall 2015)
Josh Zingher, Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, University of Oklahoma (Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University effective Fall 2015)
- 2013
Colin Barry, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
Alper Ecevit, Assistant Professor, Bahcesehir University
Michael Flynn, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama (Assistant Professor, Kansas State University effective Fall 2014)
Sangbeom Yoo, Assistant Professor, Korea National Defense University
- 2012
Chad Clay, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Ellen Cutrone, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Matt DiGiuseppe, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Conor Dowling, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
Jenna K. Emery, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of West Florida (Assistant Professor, University of West Florida effective Fall 2013)
- 2011
Michael Allen, Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Julie VanDusky-Allen, Assistant Professor, Keuka College
- 2010
Paola Fajardo, Assistant Professor, Canisius College
Denese McArthur, South Texas College
Eric Schwartz, Lecturer, Appalachian State University
Lucie Spanihelova, Research Associate, Montesquieu Institute (The Hague, Netherlands)
Brandon Zicha, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Free University of Amsterdam
- 2009
Sam Bell, Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
Rich Frank, Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans
Adriana Buliga-Stoian, Assistant Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University
- 2008
Conor Dowling, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University - 2007
Robin Best, Assistant Professor, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Steve Lem, Visiting Assistant Professor, Kutztown University
- 2006
Aysegul Aydin, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
Liza Benham, Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
Rachel Cremona, Assistant Professor, Flagler University
Anessa Kimball, Assistant Professor, Université Laval (Quebec)
Shawna Sweeney, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts
Woongjo You, Researcher, National Assembly Research Service (Korea)
- 2005
Rod Abouharb, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
Odul Celep, Assistant Professor, Isik University (Turkey)
Paul Collins, Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Aida Paskeviciute, Assistant Professor, Bilkent University (Turkey)
Maria Elena Sandovici, Assistant Professor, Lamar University
Yuliya Tverdova, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
